Environmental determinants of distribution of freshwater snails and trematode infection in the Omo Gibe River Basin, southwest Ethiopia

Table 2 Trematode infection in five different snail species collected from Omo-Gibe River Basin, southwest Ethiopia

Snail species	Total number of snails collected	Total number of snails infected	Number of snails infected by cercaria								Infection rate (%)
Snail species	Total number of snails collected	Total number of snails infected	BAD	Echinostomes	BAM	Amp	Xip	LPD	Strigea cercariae	Unidentified	Infection rate (%)
Biomphalaria pfeifferi	2010	93	39	26	2	19	_	3	2	2	4.6%
B.sudanica	7	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
Bu.globosus	148	3	_	3	_	_	_	_	_	_	2.0%
Bu.forskali	133	2	_	_	_	2	_	_	_	_	1.5%
Lymnaea natalensis	747	11	_	8	_	_	3	_	_	_	1.5%
Total	3045	109	39	37	2	21	3	3	2	2	3.6%

BAD Brevifurcate apharyngeate distome, BAM Brevifurcate apharyngeate monostome, Amp Amphistome, LPD Longifurcate pharyngeate distome, Xip Xiphidiocercariae

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